My interesting blog 5102

The Parable of the Prodigal Son is familiar enough that people sometimes skim it, as if they already know what it will say. But what stays with me is not the dramatic departure, and not just the extravagant reunion. It is the slow, stubborn work of coming home while the heart is still arguing with itself. The story names a kind of love that is not sentimental and not conditional on performance, and it also shows how hard it can be to receive that love without turning it int